CHAPTER 452: CHAPTER 217: [PUSHING NORTH 300 KILOMETERS] THE REPUBLIC JOINS THE BATTLE (4K)

But the Blue Star players didn’t care about that, they just grabbed their guns and wanted to fight.

It’s just that the American Federation forces didn’t give them a chance.

Yu Feng and Fang Ming observed for a long time, finally finding a relatively concealed corner where they hid directly, with no intention of fighting.

Are you kidding me, with over 100,000 people on the opposing side, along with planes, tanks, and artillery.

How the hell are we supposed to fight that?

Might as well start a live broadcast of the battlefield.

After hiding well, it wasn’t long before the sky started to brighten.

Engine roars came from afar.

Even the ground was slightly shaking, Yu Feng and Fang Ming knew it was the American Federation’s Pershing heavy tanks coming.

Sure enough.

Tanks appeared densely on the horizon in the distance, dozens at a glance.

As the tanks got closer,

the American Federation forces stopped, and the tank turrets aimed at the fortifications on the outskirts of Han City.

Boom boom boom boom——

The ground trembled as the salvo of shells tore the distant fortifications like thunder.

Sandbags mixed with dirt fragments were blasted tens of meters high.

Huge craters appeared on the ground, even the soldiers in the trenches were blown out by the explosive impact, flying high and then crashing hard to the ground.

This scene.

Made Yu Feng and Fang Ming clench their teeth, the sense of immersion was too strong.

After all, the defenders down there were also Blue Star players, they were still thinking of counterattacking, obvious noobs.

The Blue Star viewers in the live stream gasped.

Too tragic.

Wouldn’t they be smashed to death directly?

And this was just the beginning, the American Federation seemed in no hurry to advance.

After several rounds of tank salvos.

From the distant hills, several American Federation artillery battalions had dozens of cannons lined up in rows targeting Han City.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dozens of American Federation cannons pounded the outskirts of Han City’s defensive line in rotation.

Those defensive works, exceptionally sturdy during infantry combat,

seemed incredibly fragile under such concentrated firepower, with the entire Han City shrouded in a blanket of artillery fire.

Sturdy fortifications were destroyed one after another.

The barrage lasted for a full 40 minutes.

And by now,

the Blue Star players defending the city didn’t even have a chance to fire a single shot.

Because the American Federation never got close.

They relied solely on artillery bombardment, wiping out most of the Blue Star player’s combat strength on this side.

The bombardment had just stopped,

before the Blue Star players defending the city could catch their breath, American Federation bombers in the sky, loaded with rockets and napalm bombs, were diving towards Han City.

As they flew over Han City, the rockets and napalm bombs were released in a dive, crashing down.

Boom——!

As the bomb hit the ground, orange-red fireballs spread out, viscous incendiary spreading, turning the entire surrounding position into a sea of fire.

Some unlucky Blue Star players got hit, their entire bodies ignited instantly.

They ran a few steps before losing the strength to struggle, forced to respawn.

First was the tank salvo, then artillery bombardment, followed by airstrikes.

This sequence of attacks.

For the American Federation, it was just expending ammunition, but for the Blue Star players in Han City, it was almost a catastrophic disaster.

Almost no resistance power remained.

As the bombing ended, the long-idle American Federation heavy tank units had reloaded their ammo.

This time they did not stay still.

They began to move slowly and steadily towards Han City.

On the edge of Han City, which had turned into ruins and a sea of fire, the few surviving Blue Star players tried to resist, using the fortifications to prepare to shoot.

But against the American Federation heavy tanks, they seemed powerless.

From a hundred meters away, the American Federation had already spotted the surviving Blue Star players, not giving them a chance to throw anything, the main guns of the heavy tanks slowly turning.

Aimed at the distant Blue Star players.

Boom——!!!

The fortifications crumbled like paper, a single shell directly destroying them, the steel-made machine guns twisted by the powerful impact, let alone humans.

This scene made people clench their teeth once again.

How the hell are we supposed to fight this?

They didn’t even give you a chance to shoot, just pushing straight through.

Blue Star players developed a bit of firepower phobia, afraid of not knowing when they’d be covered by American Federation firepower.

The outer defenses of Han City were almost nonexistent, pushed through by the American Federation.

It was only when the American Federation forces entered Han City that the Blue Star players found some footing because inside the city there were many buildings, which couldn’t all be destroyed.

The American Federation engaged in urban warfare with the Blue Star defenders.

Fighting room by room.

This narrowed the gap considerably, and the Blue Star players were relatively familiar with urban warfare.

Previously in the Stalingrad campaign, they participated in a lot of street fighting.

They finally caused some losses to the American Federation forces.

But it was of no use....

Given the American Federation’s vast numbers and logistics, it was just a matter of time before the urban warfare was flattened.

On September 25, Han City fell.

Nearing the demilitarized zone, nearly 80,000 Blue Star players were reduced to just over 20,000 in less than a week by the American Federation’s advance.

They couldn’t withstand the American Federation’s advance.

Forced to retreat north of the demilitarized zone, continuing to retreat northward, trying to preserve a trace of strength.

It was only at this time.

The high-levels of the neighbors panicked.

But they were helpless, and on September 28, when the pro-American forces held a liberation ceremony in Han City, the American Federation forces crossed the demilitarized zone on the 29th to continue their advance.

The subsequent American Federation forces caught up, turning the battlefield situation one-sided.

No matter how the Blue Star players resisted, they couldn’t contend with the American Federation’s overwhelming firepower and supply capability.

In just a month.

The American Federation forces pushed 300 kilometers north, from Busan all the way to the Yalu River, making the Blue Star players doubt their life choices, questioning if all their World War II experience was even worth it?

No tactics, no strategies needed.

No resistance seemed to matter.

The opponent was simply a wealthy, heavily armed force, with overwhelming fire bombardments.

Blue Star players became a bit jumpy, their first instinct when encountering American Federation soldiers was to hide.

To avoid artillery, rockets, napalm bombs, and such bombardments....

Many Blue Star players secretly gritted their teeth.

If there’s ever another chance, they’ll surely bombard the Federation with heavy firepower.

Fuck!!!

In reality, the Blue Star’s "American War Theater" had only been open for a week before the Blue Star players were in constant retreat, already pushed to the banks of the Yalu River.

With only a few remnants left, being pushed further was only a matter of time.

And by now, the Soviet leader remained silent.

Waiting for the Republic to join the war, dragging the Republic into the quagmire of war.

While the in-game situation remained unclear.

The opposing actions made Blue Star players gasp.

Though they weren’t yet part of the Republic camp,

Blue Star players having a ’real-time map’ could already see that the Republic forces had secretly entered, ready to join the war.

And certainly, the American Federation and southern soldiers weren’t aware of this yet.

Because....

The southern soldiers, after their daring advance.

Perhaps feeling invincible with American Federation backing.

The southern forces, upon moving into Chu Mountain, brought in several cannons and bombarded the Republic’s border across the Yalu River, continuing to bombard.

A display of having backing and the arrogance of daring others to confront them....

This move left the Blue Star players dumbfounded.

Really?

How much did they drink?

What’s the idea, bombarding the Republic border like that?

Even if they wanted to, the turn wasn’t theirs.

The American Federation hadn’t even made a move yet, and the southern puppet army was going wild first?

But they couldn’t stay wild for long.

Because the Republic’s forces had secretly entered.

The adventurous enemy didn’t know the Republic had already joined the war, so while they proudly bombarded the Republic border,

they were unaware that their retreat path had been cut off by the Republic’s 40th Army.

The southern forces that advanced to the Chu Mountain region, the Sixth Division, were mostly annihilated and forced to retreat; it was only then that the American Federation realized the Republic joined the war.